Based on the emergency carpet lighting on airplanes, Netherlands-based Lama Concept has created a RGB LED light embedded carpet. According to the designer, people can find their way by this Cell+Led lights. “The strings are put together randomly so a natural pattern will evolve together with a playful finishing of the edges. Another advantage of the carpet being made out of strings is that they can be replaced by new ones.”

The supplier of large-format LED display systems, Daktronics Inc. recently has contracted with Garden State Outdoor to install a high-contrast digital LED billboard at the end of the Atlantic City Expressway. The new 12 mm LED billboard advertises exclusively for Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Casino and Hotel locations in Atlantic City, and measures approximately 16 feet by 60 feet.

Home decor and furniture company IKEA has stopped stocking or selling incandescent light bulbs in its US stores. This action comes ahead of federal legislation that would mandate more efficient light bulbs starting in 2012. The retailer began phasing out the sale of the light bulbs in August. The pullout also applies to IKEA stores in Canada. Stores in France and Australia started phasing out the incandescent bulbs last year. At present, IKEA's available lighting options include the compact fluorescent bulb, LED, halogen and solar-powered lamps.

It’s reported that City of Foley is thinking about updating some new light throughout the city by experimenting with LED technology. On Monday, Bravo Zulu, a technology company specializing in communications and monitoring technology have given a presentation focused on the benefits LED light technology could have for the city, and ways the technology could be implemented to the city council.

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, recently received the Passive & Electromechanical Product of the Year at the Elektra Awards for its new surface mount polymer tantalum capacitors. Reviewed by an independent panel of judges, the Elektra 2010 European Electronics Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the European electronics industry that recognizes the achievements of individuals and companies.

Recently, California introduced a new standard for the energy efficiency of 100W incandescent lamps. A 100-watt bulb manufactured on or after January 1, 2011 must use 28% less energy in California states, with providing the same amount of light (in lumens). The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) designed the law, which would reduce energy use and associated pollution and make the United States less dependent on foreign sources of energy. Also, the law would save California consumers money.

In 4Q10, the LED-backlit shipment which were applied LCD TVs, monitors and notebooks, had a 40% share in the Chimei Innolux's(CMI) total panel shipments, and it’s expected to reach 50% in 1Q11. In the CMI’s LED-backlit applications, TV panel shipments had a 15%, and monitor panels accounted for 30%, with 100% of notebook panels in 4Q10.

Taiwan monocrystalline sapphire ingots’ manufactory USI Optronics reportedly expected its global market share to increase to 13-15% in 2011, with its orders beyond its production capacity in 1Q of 2011. The sources pointed out, in the end of 2010, USI Optronics produced monocrystalline sapphire ingots to increase 220,000mm every month, and planed to increase to 550,000mm at the end of 2011, which was decided by the perfect quality and competitive price. Also, the company’ global market share would rise in 2011.

Outlook of LED Industry Trend in 2011   Brief Review of 2010 LED Industry Development – LED Manufacturers Celebrated a Fruitful Year 2010 was a fruitful year for LED manufacturers. Not only did manufacturers overcome the gloomy market condition in 2009, most managed to grow their revenues at an exponential rate due to the robust demand for large-size LED backlighting.

Toshiba is reported to start offering 40 types of LED tube lamps by March that it will market to offices and factories.   Toshiba will offer standard 40-watt lamps as well as 20-watt tubes. Besides, it plans to have 80 types on the market by June.

The Central Railway (CR) in Mumbai has planed to replace the remaining 1,700 signals on its suburban network and has sought approval from the Railway Board to help reduce costs and maintenance of signals and eliminates instances of signal failure. Each signal post usually consists of four colored lamps, one each of green and red and two amber ones.

According to Times of Oman, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced that the Australia-based Solar-Gem would use solar energy to supply electricity to the Elephanta Caves in India. According to Singh , this project was launched last month and would provide three villages with electricity for the first time on 24/7 basis. The company would use LED lamps from panels that store sun rays as electricity in battery units.

According to an official from optoelectronic components manufacturer, RONA Electricals (Pvt) Ltd, the firm will build a factory to manufacture solid-state lighting or LED bulbs in the Gampaha district to introduce more energy saving lighting among Sri Lankan consumers and reduce electricity bill. As their first project, the company is retro-fitting the existing energy consuming bulbs at all 22 places of Buddhist worship which receive free electricity from the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) .

Ural State University’s scientists have combined a LED and a computer fan to create a new lamp, which can work for 50 000 hours, expecting to provide more efficient than a general street light.

Opto Diode Corporation, a division of ITW, has designed customized LEDs for a variety of applications including airfield lighting, curing, fluorescence, machine vision, visual inspection (NDT) and microscopy. Opto Diode can adjust the output, the angle of emission, wavelength (from 365 nm all the way out to 940 nm) packaging, and the way the LEDs are tested, depending on customer requirements.

Opcom Group, the global supplier in professional development and production of digital imaging products for almost 20 years, releases a full range of "OPCOM LED light bulbs" with a three-year product warranty for home and commercial environment needs. Opcom group provides the total solutions in LED bulbs selection.

Recently, Everlight has presented the "plant factory innovation conference" held in the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, from the Finance Office, Ministry of Science, the Ministry of Agriculture.

There is a test run in the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco. Dubbed Sanya, this hybrid streetlight combines  Urban Green Energy’s 600-watt vertical-axis wind turbine with an 80-watt solar panel, all feeding LED light, targeting to reduce energy use for the Civic Center Sustainability District by about 35 percent.

In 2010-2011, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI)  enters a new decade of energy efficiency, celebrating its 11th anniversary as the official Lighting Partner to the world-famous Times Square Ball, a beacon of LED innovation.

Great Wall Technology’s subsidiary, Shenzhen Kaifa Technology, has been aligned with Epistar JV Holding, Evertop (Fujian) Optoelectronics and Country Lighting to jointly set up a joint venture (JV) KFES Lighting Co., Ltd., which will engaged in the research, manufacture and sale of LED wafer, chips, source modules, light source and lighting with a registered capital of $120 million and total investment amount of $160 million.

Karnataka State Pharmacy Council , India has invested Rs.1.3 lakh to install a LED  display in Bangalore city which flashes tips on healthcare and medication usage and storage methods, which was considered as the first-of-its-kind in the pharmacy space in Asia. According to D.A. Gundu Rao, president, Karnataka State Pharmacy Council, "This LED display has evoked excellent response among the general public and patients. It has also attracted the corporators and MLAs in Bangalore and they are keen to have more such displays across the city. "

Truckee Donner Public Utility has supplied free LED holiday lights to almost 700 customers who turned in their old incandescent light strands in December. According to TDPUD General Manager Michael Holley, it’s the fourth year that they offered this program. The light strands given to customers equate to more than five percent of TDPUD's total customer base. Since the inception of the holiday light exchange program, the TDPUD has given away energy efficient LED holiday light strands to more than 2,000 customers.

The state Department of Transportation of Ohio intended to install flashing green LED lights which had better visibility in wintry conditions than the current installed yellow flashing lights on state snow removal equipment. It’s said that officials made this decision based on the request as the number of drivers crashing into state snowplows has already topped in 2009 winter’s total. Furthermore, compared to 57 all last winter, there have been 63 crashes statewide so far this season.

The municipal offices of St. Cloud, Minnesota has become the first in the country that installed a visible light communication system to replace Wi-Fi.

Last week, the City of Baytown, the Texas Department of Transportation and lighting manufacturer BetaLED have jointly made a pilot program on adding LED street lighting to the city. Six conventional 400-watt high pressure sodium fixtures were installed on three light poles located on Highway 146 at the Garth Road overpass. The lights were retrofit with BetaLED’s THE EDGE luminaries.

It’s reported that Alpha Plus Epi Inc., the epi-wafer subsidiary of Tyntek Corp. will spend US$30 million to add 10 to 15 MOCVD chambers in 2011. At present, Alpha Plus is testing seven MOCVD chambers which were recently tooled at its factory in Taichung Industrial Park.

A special designed tiny CC drive board can accept DC voltage from 9V to 26V and maintain same current and luminance on LED, also fit with Genuine Nichia LED which can provide 110lm/W or CRI>91 and long life with superior reliability. Clear glass lens can provide very good light efficiency; with it’s all metal shell and glass lens, can offer truly outdoor climate proof capability and longer life time.

Oklahoma City is likely to install LED lighting in all of the new downtown pedestrian street lamps. It’s said that the local officials who initially reluctant to include LED lighting with Project 180, have reversed course and are looking to put the fixtures in all of the new downtown pedestrian street lamps.

In order to seize the upcoming New Year and Lunar New Year holidays’ market share, it’s reported that first-tier vendors such as Sony、Sharp etc would cut price to promote LED-backlit TVs in the China market. The market estimated the average price drop of foreign brand TVs was about 22% in 2010, while price drops of local brand TVs was about 16%.

Philips Lumileds has played an all-white interactive LED light show with 1,208 custom LED fixtures containing 6,040 high-power LUXEON Rebel LEDs on the curvy sunroof of the Bridge of Peace in Tbisli, Georgia in the former Soviet Union.